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No. 266,578. 8 Patentd Apr. 18,1882.

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No. 258,578. Patented Apr.18,1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

GYRUS MANTZ, 0F lVASHINGrTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

TRUNK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,578, dated April18, 1882.

l Application tiled February Q3, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, CYRUS MANTZ, a citizen of the United States, residingat Washington, in the county of WashingtonLDistrict of C0- lumbia',haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunks; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, sucll as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying` drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which t'oriu a part of this specification, and in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved truuk. Fig. 2 is atransverse section thereof, and Figs. 3 and 4 are .views ofineditications of the same.

My invention consists in making the body and cover of the trunk ofalternate layers of rubber and duck or textile material, and having aliningof wood and an intermediate layer of fabric, forming a cushion, ashereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

To carryinto effect niyiuvention I construct the body and cover of thetrunk of alternate layers of rubber A and duck or textile material A',which imparts thereto an elastic or readily yielding surface to preventthe puncturing or indenting the same incase of its contact with anobstruction while beinglhandled or shipped. The layers of the cover arefastened to a frame, a, at their lower inner ed'ges, and those of thebody to a frame, a', at. their upper inner edges, as seen in Fig. 2, byrivets or otherwise.

Theinner surface of the trunk consists of a body orlining of wood,betweenwhich and the alternate layers of rubber and duck is interposed acushion, B, made of suitable fabric, and which serves to prevent damageto the outer layers of the trunk, through being forced directly againstan unyielding surface.

The layers of the body and cover may either be lapped upon and rivetedto their ends, as seen at b in Fig. 1,ormolded solidly therewith, asseen at b in Figs. 3 and 4, with vthe band c adapted to conform theretoto eli'ect the re-enforcement of the trunk thereat to enable it. towithstand undue wear astis stood upon either lgend,asis usual inshipping orhandling trunks.

The cleats or strips d, for the attachment of the trucks c to the trunkand for re-enforcing or strengthening the bottom thereof, are moldedsolidly with the bot-tom, which enables the simultaneous aftixing ofthestrips to the body of the trunk with its manufacture and the dispensingwith rivets or other fastenings for that purpose.

Strips of material D, composed of alternate layers of rubber and duck,may be fastened to the exterior of the cover and body of the trunk atits sides and top, as seen in Fig. 3.

It Will be observed that this trunk, while possessing sufficientelasticity to prevent its being punctured or indented bythe contacttherewith of an obstruction, is also capable of resisting undue wear orbeing' easily damaged by rough handling or while being shipped.

It is obvious that the strips composed of alterna-te layers ofrubberundduck ortextile material may be applied to trunks of other construction.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Atruukhaving its bodyandcovercomposed -of alternate layers of rubber and textile mate-

